On Sep 22, 2011, at 16:13 , Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-09-22 6:53 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >> On Sep 20, 2011, at 09:46 , Charles Robinson wrote: >> >>>> Thanks. You're correct, third row center. Almost exactly the same as >>>> the current price of a K-5. Was it worth it? I still think so. Do I >>>> wish I had a K-5, yes. >>>> >>> I think I paid $7 for 2nd-row center for the Queen concert I saw in 1980. >>> >>> Yow. >> $5 - 6th row center for a Boston Pink Floyd concert in (IIRC) late 1973 or >> early 1974, when their concerts were split between earlier works and DSOM's >> introduction for the second half. Formed my musical bent for the next 38 >> years. Still can't go a week without a sit down with headphones on and one >> of their albums playing from my almost complete collection. >> >> >> Joseph McAllister >> [email protected] >> >> http://gallery.me.com/jomac > > They you must be either in heaven or worried for your bank account since this > tsunami of releases of boxed sets with Blu-rays, remastered CDs and stuff is > about to drop starting next week. I heard a long cut from a 1974 live > version (Wembley) of DSOM off the remastered disk and it sounds really great.
Bank account. My lovely sound reproduction system sits in my family room, stored there, along with the rest of my life's detritus. Electronically, it is probably still fine. I've just no room to set it up. The recliner I purchased to repose in three years ago is just in the way now. The sub-woofer driver has destroyed it's surround. Only place that will fix it is in Florida, $100 in shipping away. I have a smaller 15" driver if I wanted to chuck the 18" and build up an adaptor plate so it could be installed. But it has no provisions for a feedback loop to prevent overdriving it, which negates my 400 watt amplifier than it uses.I suspect if I do ever get it set up, most of the other six speakers are reaching the end of their life as well. Therefore - headphones or computer speakers for my 69 year old ears will have to do. I have as yet to set up my LaserDisc players (2) to listen and watch PF concerts from a slightly later era. Think they'll be releasing a few of those in remastered form soon? No matter. I can set those up with my side channel L & R speakers hooked up to my TV for some amount of volume and limited range. VA gave me a hearing test last week to see if my tinnitus was causing me loss at any frequencies. Their result was no, my hearing is fine, very good for an old fart even. They used over the ear headphones, in the ears sealed buds, and a plate glued behind your ear to see if bone was better than air in three individual tests. Oh tinnitus? Nothing can be done for it that would not further diminish my hearing capability. Just have to get used to it or die, whichever comes first. Just tested (online hearing test, always a bell-weather of accuracy) and see that my tinnitus is a harmonic centered around 6kHz. Has to be up to -27dB to hear it above my own din. Going up from there I can hear 8kHz down to -66dB, 12kHz down to (ha) -33dB, and 14-20kHz not at all. 1kHz is good down -81dB. Conditions under which I took this test were: Staring at my computer, head 38" from a pair of Apple M6058 speakers with 2.5" drivers, door to outside open with rush hour traffic on I-5 1 mile away (a hiss perceptually), dogs wanting to go to the park poking me in the armpit, occasional car driving by on the gravel alley, and in day 3 of a nasty head cold that is making my abs very sore from the coughing. Optimal !! If you want to threaten your own hearing (read the directions!) go to : http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html and blame the Aussies! If you don't like them, go to a USA site that is harder to vary the volume on. I suggest you turn your sound off, set all of the frequencies to the minimum, then ramp them up as needed, one at a time. They do get very loud on most freq's on my 10 year old Apple Speakers: http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/ If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
